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UPDATE: Per NBC, Sunday’s Bills-Chiefs game brought in an average Total Audience Delivery of 18.4 million viewers, 18% up from last year’s SNF match between the Minnesota Vikings and Seattle Seahawks. Even with adjusted numbers, the Bills-Chief match was way down from the previous week’s game, with a Total Audience…

In a January 2020 TCA interview with Deadline, Fox Entertainment President Michael Thorn spoke about the network’s animation development and production ramp-up as part of “preparing for that day” when the network would say goodbye to The Simpsons, Family Guy and Bob's Burgers, but he noted that there was “no immediate…

Creatives behind The Simpsons shared new details about Season 33 on Saturday, revealing that it will feature a musical premiere, an expanded “Treehouse of Horror” episode and more. During a Comic-Con@Home panel teasing the new season, executive producer Matt Selman described premiere episode “The Star of the Backstage&#8221…

The writers behind The Simpsons have struck again. Their uncanny prophetic abilities were reaffirmed on July 11, when Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson made his voyage into space. Branson’s journey was forecast by Fox’s long-running animated comedy back in the 15th installment of Season 25, which aired on March…

On Tuesday, Disney+ unveiled a new Marvel-themed short from The Simpsons, which is set to premiere on the streaming platform Wednesday, July 7. In the short, titled "The Good, The Bart, and The Loki”, The God of Mischief is banished from Asgard yet again and must face his toughest opponents yet: the Simpsons and…

Maggie Simpson is the latest – and perhaps unlikeliest – visitor to the Star Wars universe: Disney+ has unveiled a new cross-promotional short starring the Springfield toddler. See the official artwork below. “Maggie Simpson in The Force Awakens From Its Nap,”  which takes place, according to the streamer, “in a…

The Simpsons recently struck a chord with former Smiths frontman Morrissey, whose manager Peter Katsis chewed out the long-running Fox animated series for “trying to capitalize on cheap controversy and expounding on vicious rumors.” Late Sunday evening, Katsis shared a lengthy post on the singer’s official Facebook…

The Simpsons animator, character layout artist and assistant director Edwin E. Aguilar died in Los Angeles on Saturday, two days after having a stroke. He was 46. While the news of Aguilar’s passing was first reported by The Hollywood Reporter, it was also noted on Sunday by The Simpsons executive producer, Matt…

On Monday’s episode of the Armchair Expert podcast, The Simpsons actor Hank Azaria apologized for participating in “structural racism,” via his longtime portrayal of Apu Nahasapeemapetilon. While the Emmy winner continues to voice other parts on the Fox comedy, including Moe Szyslak, and gave voice to Apu from his…

¡Ay, caramba! The longest-running primetime scripted series in television history keeps carrying on. Fox has renewed Emmy-winning The Simpsons for its 33rd and 34th seasons, taking the series to 2023 and a total of 757 episodes, both new records. “Woo Hoo! With any luck the show will soon be older than I am," noted…

The Simpsons creator Matt Groening has spoken out about the Fox show’s decision in 2020 to stop white actors voicing characters from other ethnic backgrounds. Days after it was confirmed that Simpsons vet Harry Shearer had been replaced by voice actor Kevin Michael Richardson in the role of Dr. Julius Hibbert…

Last June, The Simpsons announced that white actors would no longer be voicing Black characters on the show, and now Harry Shearer has been replaced by veteran voice actor Kevin Michael Richardson in the role of Dr. Julius Hibbert, Deadline has confirmed. Shearer had been the voice of Dr. Hibbert since the character’s…